Apr 03
Warnings are one of the common strategies for incorporating forgiveness in design.
Forgiveness in design helps prevent errors before they occur, and minimize the negative consequences of errors when they do occur.
Road signs make roads more forgiving by warning drivers of impending hazards.
(From Universal Principles of Design book)
April 29th, 2010 at 12:04 am
[...] of sucessfull user interfaces. Road signs are a great examples of forgiveness in the real world as Jinmi Lee shows. Another great and funny example of forgiving systems is found in Gmail. Its called “Mail [...]